Cosmic Wanderer
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The world is so large and beautiful, let's learn a little about it together.
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I'm sure y'all have heard of bull sharks, they are pretty well known for their aggression, but I bet you didn't know that they are perfectly capable of living in salt and fresh water! They travel upstream in rivers all the time!
March 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'm sure y'all have heard of bull sharks, they are pretty well known for their aggression, but I bet you didn't know that they are perfectly capable of living in salt and fresh water! They travel upstream in rivers all the time!
I'm sure we all know hammerhead sharks, their iconic hammer heads are thought to help with hunting for prey. They have more space for their electro receptors and is supposed to help with depth perception.
March 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I'm sure we all know hammerhead sharks, their iconic hammer heads are thought to help with hunting for prey. They have more space for their electro receptors and is supposed to help with depth perception.
This is a megamouth shark! They look kind of strange but they are harmless. They are banned after their very large mouths and are filter feeders like whale sharks and basking sharks. The only three filter feeding sharks.
March 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This is a megamouth shark! They look kind of strange but they are harmless. They are banned after their very large mouths and are filter feeders like whale sharks and basking sharks. The only three filter feeding sharks.
Meet the goblin shark! "But cosmic, that's not a goblin shark!" Every picture you've ever seen of a goblin shark has been a dead goblin shark. When living their jaws aren't distended as we so often see in pictures. Their jaws can actually launch forward to catch prey.
March 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Meet the goblin shark! "But cosmic, that's not a goblin shark!" Every picture you've ever seen of a goblin shark has been a dead goblin shark. When living their jaws aren't distended as we so often see in pictures. Their jaws can actually launch forward to catch prey.
Meet the Epaulette Shark! This guy is also known as the walking shark because they are able to use their fins to "walk" across the ground. They use this in tight spaces but also to travel on land! They can travel across short dry distances by holding their breath for over an hour!
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Meet the Epaulette Shark! This guy is also known as the walking shark because they are able to use their fins to "walk" across the ground. They use this in tight spaces but also to travel on land! They can travel across short dry distances by holding their breath for over an hour!
Sharks are believed to have evolved 450 million years ago which makes them older than Polaris which is estimated at being only 70 million years old! This also makes them older then the rings of Saturn (100 million years old) and trees (390 million years old)!
March 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Sharks are believed to have evolved 450 million years ago which makes them older than Polaris which is estimated at being only 70 million years old! This also makes them older then the rings of Saturn (100 million years old) and trees (390 million years old)!
Sadly humans only get two sets of teeth, your baby teeth and your adult teeth which you have to take good care of. Sharks don't have to worry about that! Sharks never stop growing teeth and if one breaks or rots there is a new one ready to grow in!
March 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Sadly humans only get two sets of teeth, your baby teeth and your adult teeth which you have to take good care of. Sharks don't have to worry about that! Sharks never stop growing teeth and if one breaks or rots there is a new one ready to grow in!
To stay afloat fish usually have a swim bladder, sharks do not. Sharks stay afloat because of their large livers and their skeletons made of cartilage.
March 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
To stay afloat fish usually have a swim bladder, sharks do not. Sharks stay afloat because of their large livers and their skeletons made of cartilage.
Did you know sharks don't have bones? "But that's a picture of a skeleton!" I hear you say. Shark skeletons are made of cartilage, same as your nose and ears. It's why you only see shark teeth about, those are the hardest part of the shark skeleton.
March 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Did you know sharks don't have bones? "But that's a picture of a skeleton!" I hear you say. Shark skeletons are made of cartilage, same as your nose and ears. It's why you only see shark teeth about, those are the hardest part of the shark skeleton.
Shark skin is very rough, very similar to the feeling of abrasive sand paper, this abrasiveness does have a use though! The structure of the sharks scales help drag and make the shark more hydrodynamic! Scientists are studying this structure to make better swim suits and hopefully more like subs!
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Shark skin is very rough, very similar to the feeling of abrasive sand paper, this abrasiveness does have a use though! The structure of the sharks scales help drag and make the shark more hydrodynamic! Scientists are studying this structure to make better swim suits and hopefully more like subs!
The shortfin mako shark is the fastest shark that we know of. They can reach 45 mph (74kph) in amazing bursts of speed!
March 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The shortfin mako shark is the fastest shark that we know of. They can reach 45 mph (74kph) in amazing bursts of speed!
Sharks give birth in many ways, sand tiger sharks give birth to live young! While in the womb the first shark pup to develop will eat it's smaller and weaker siblings making it the only one to be born.
March 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Sharks give birth in many ways, sand tiger sharks give birth to live young! While in the womb the first shark pup to develop will eat it's smaller and weaker siblings making it the only one to be born.
Man two days in a row? I'm really off my game. I'll do better, for now enjoy two facts again.
March 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Man two days in a row? I'm really off my game. I'll do better, for now enjoy two facts again.
Whale sharks are the biggest shark alive! The spots on a whale shark are also unique to every individual, just like your finger prints!
March 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Whale sharks are the biggest shark alive! The spots on a whale shark are also unique to every individual, just like your finger prints!
Basking sharks can look scary but despite being the second largest shark they are plankton eaters! They open their mouths wide near the surface to filter feed, which I'm sure is a crazy view to see in real life!
March 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Basking sharks can look scary but despite being the second largest shark they are plankton eaters! They open their mouths wide near the surface to filter feed, which I'm sure is a crazy view to see in real life!
Thresher sharks have humongous long tails they use for catching food! A thresher shark will whip its tail at its prey so fast that the pressure wave stuns fish!
March 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thresher sharks have humongous long tails they use for catching food! A thresher shark will whip its tail at its prey so fast that the pressure wave stuns fish!
I missed my daily fact yesterday! Don't worry I'll just have to do two today so it can still be a full month of facts!
March 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I missed my daily fact yesterday! Don't worry I'll just have to do two today so it can still be a full month of facts!
So I mentioned that wobbegong was one of my favorite sharks but I also love bullhead sharks! Besides their fun heads they have an organ on their face called oronasal grooves that makes it look they have mustaches but it's really their nostrils!
March 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So I mentioned that wobbegong was one of my favorite sharks but I also love bullhead sharks! Besides their fun heads they have an organ on their face called oronasal grooves that makes it look they have mustaches but it's really their nostrils!
Have you ever heard of a frilled shark? It's also called a lizard shark because of its eel like body. They have these funky backwards teeth that help them catch their prey like squids!
March 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Have you ever heard of a frilled shark? It's also called a lizard shark because of its eel like body. They have these funky backwards teeth that help them catch their prey like squids!
This is a cookie cutter shark! Despite their cute name and small size they are very dangerous! They glow to attract their prey, larger sharks, dolphins, pinnipeds,penniless, then it takes a bite! Leaving a perfect circular wound.
March 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is a cookie cutter shark! Despite their cute name and small size they are very dangerous! They glow to attract their prey, larger sharks, dolphins, pinnipeds,penniless, then it takes a bite! Leaving a perfect circular wound.
Since I mentioned great whites yesterday I decided they should be today's shark! They are masters of camouflage and can be very hard to see unless you are close to them! From below the sharks white belly blends in with surface sunlight and from above their dark tops blend in with the open ocean.
March 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Since I mentioned great whites yesterday I decided they should be today's shark! They are masters of camouflage and can be very hard to see unless you are close to them! From below the sharks white belly blends in with surface sunlight and from above their dark tops blend in with the open ocean.
Look out! It's a great white!
Just kidding, it's a salmon shark! They share many physical similarities with great whites but are much smaller on average they grow to be 7ft long while on average great whites grow to about double that.
Just kidding, it's a salmon shark! They share many physical similarities with great whites but are much smaller on average they grow to be 7ft long while on average great whites grow to about double that.
March 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Look out! It's a great white!
Just kidding, it's a salmon shark! They share many physical similarities with great whites but are much smaller on average they grow to be 7ft long while on average great whites grow to about double that.
Just kidding, it's a salmon shark! They share many physical similarities with great whites but are much smaller on average they grow to be 7ft long while on average great whites grow to about double that.
Have you ever heard of a greenland shark? They are some of the oldest animals on the planet! Scientists think they can live to be 500 years old if not more!
March 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Have you ever heard of a greenland shark? They are some of the oldest animals on the planet! Scientists think they can live to be 500 years old if not more!
So you have probably never been face to face with a shark but if you look close enough you can see these really cute freckle like spots! These spots are called ampullae of Lorenzi, they are electro receptors that sharks use to hunt!
March 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
So you have probably never been face to face with a shark but if you look close enough you can see these really cute freckle like spots! These spots are called ampullae of Lorenzi, they are electro receptors that sharks use to hunt!
This is one of my favorite species of shark, the spotted wobbegong! They have those fun tassels on their face that help them camouflage along with their unique patterns!
March 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is one of my favorite species of shark, the spotted wobbegong! They have those fun tassels on their face that help them camouflage along with their unique patterns!